Divya Sheta's Blog: Thinking Activity: Pride and Prejudice

This Blog-post is as a response of Thinking Activity on Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice given by our professor ma'am Yesha Bhatt.

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners written by Jane Austen.It is mostly known romantic novel and also a satire.

Film Screening at our classroom.

Movie Posture.
Pride&Prejudice 2005,directed by Joe Wright.

Official Trailer of the Movie.

Post-viewing task:

1) Which version of the novel is more appealing? Novel or film (adaptation)? Why?

Film and literature are two different things with a similar goal to create sublimity in human imagination and understanding. Both film and literature work hand in hand to boost the progress of human civilization. And they are the complimentary in nature and one is no substitute to the other, like letters and sounds in human communication. Film and literature inspire and enrich each others. They also ennoble human mind through action, images, words and replicating life of human beings.

Adaptation of film / film making is an advanced and important milestone in the development / progress of human being. Film is the only area, which depicts the people, though they are of any class (poor, middle & rich) along with the predicament and happiness. Films also capture the same like literature but due to its visual and sound effect, it got wide popularity

In this film, perhaps 80% dialogues are similar to the original text.It's very noticeable thing for director.So my preference is goes to Movie. One thing is very clear and one has to accept it that literature gives verbal literacy while films give visual literacy.And majority of learners perhaps go with visual literacy.

Behind scenes:Making of the movie.

2)Character of Elizabeth:

second daughter in the Bennet family,
the most well-known female characters in English literature.
the most intelligent and quick-witted.
lovely, clever, and, in a novel defined by dialogue, she converses as brilliantly.
her sharp tongue and tendency to make hasty judgments often lead her astray.
regarded as the most admirable and endearing of Austen's heroines.
she is quick to judge, sure, but she is also smart and eager to learn.
she learns from and attempts to fix her mistakes.
A developed mind, good values and strong character are the source of Elizabeth’s strength.

3) Character of Mr. Darcy:

Fitzwilliam Darcy an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, and a romantic interest of Elizabeth Bennet, the novel's protagonist.
a proud and arrogant man, particularly to those that he considers of lower social status.
handsome, noble, and admired greatly by all at the first ball
Darcy is very introvert character while he not express his feelings towards the people who are surrounds him.
a quite good observer. He observe everything which is connected to his pride.
he is not able to communicate with everyone easily.
meaning of superiority complex that a belief that your abilities or accomplishments are somehow dramatically better than other people's.Darcy has this type of complexity towards surrounding people.

4)Give illustrations of the society of that time.

The novel written in 1813. Novel described clean and clear about the earlier social states of 19th century. It was originally titled First Impression because the appearances of the characters of the characters created the plot of the novel.

However, the novel is also concerned with the effects of the character’s first impression, which is their prejudice; Austen finally found the title Pride and Prejudice more appropriate.This novel belongs to Romantic Period between 1800- 1850, which is signed with France Revolution.

Social Stratification:

Social Stratification is a distinction or grouping of members of the community as a vertical (rise). the social stratification of English society reflected in Pride and Prejudice novel (1813) on a sociological approach. We can see in Darcy's character and his aunt Lady Catherine's character. As per Darcy's reaction towards Elizabeth.

Social Aspects:Upper Class and Middle Class.
Economic Aspects. Lay Catherine.

5) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie?

Screenplay writer is become a very tough thing to do. In the film industries it's very Challenged thing. If I was director of this particular film. In the movie, Elizabeth's character is more melodramatic at the starting of the film. We can see that she smiles every moment while in the novel perhaps it's not happened.In the movie, Elizabeth portrayed not as serious as she portrayed in the novel. So as a screenplay writer, I would like to prefer Elizabeth's character what she described by Austen in the text.

Groombridge Place is a remarkable and beautiful country estate resting on the border between East Sussex and Kent. Joe Wright's took this place which is very appropriate.

6) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters?

Here I would compare Hollywood actors and actress with Bollywood stars: